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Palestinian protesters are seen silhouetted in a banner picturing late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a march held at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, near Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, against Israel's attempts to increase its influence and the rededication Monday of a historic synagogue in the Jewish quarter of the Old City. (AP Photo/Ola Rifai)